AFRICA• Eight Egyptians involved in a botched repair of the burial mask of King Tut have been referred to trial for “gross negligence”.• Kenyan forces withdraw from a military base in Somalia which was attacked by militant group al-Shabaab.• Hundreds of police stage a protest outside Tunisia’s presidential palace to demand a pay increase.• One quarter of potential voters in Niger (1.5m people) are barred from casting ballots in next month’s poll, after politicians fail to agree on a system for registering them.• Cape Verde responds to a US travel alert, saying incidents of the Zika virus on the island are on the decline.ABROAD• The European Commission’s handling of bailouts for nations hit by the financial crisis has been criticised by EU auditors, who say countries were treated differently.• The UN will broker talks aimed at finding a political solution to the war in Syria.• A proposal that would set daily quotas for the number of refugees allowed to enter Germany is debated in the...
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